Game cookbooks

Read on for our video game cookbooks holiday gift guide Be warned: you may start salivating. Is your kitchen lover also an Xbox owner? Browse our Xbox holiday gift guide by clicking here! Buy the cookbook on Amazon here. At first glance, Destiny's sci-fi shootouts and intense raids seem like an odd fit for a cookbook. But given we've been baking goods in-game for yearly special events for a good while now, we're kind of down with this classy take on the universe.

The cookbook includes fun takes on in-game ideas, as well as some tasty-looking cocktails. Plus, you can finally put Cayde's Spicy Ramen coupon to use by making your own! Get the cookbook on Amazon here. If you know someone who prefers mutants to mudcrabs, this might be the perfect alternate present. Click here to find it on Amazon. Though there isn't much food seen in Overwatch , cookbook author Chelsea Monroe-Cassel still managed to make a cookbook based on the game's diverse cast of character from all around the world.

Taking into consideration the various cultures represented in the game, Monroe-Cassel divided the book's 99 recipes by character and region to compile a delicious collection of dishes highlighted by flavor text relating to the character and the game. Featuring dishes from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia and even the Moon, each character is given between two and four recipes reflective of their culture, making the book a must-have for Overwatch fans unafraid of exploring global flavors.

Everywhere the player goes in The Elder Scrolls games, especially in Skyrim , there is delicious food spread out across the tables or tucked into pantry closets. When stopping at a hearth or working in their own kitchen , Skyrim players can craft delicious stews, breads and desserts that fuel them with bonus buffs when out hunting down dragons, making cooking a fun side game that adds a realistic flare.

Drawing inspiration from the games and the vast collection of character races , the book features recipes for dishes like "Elswyr Fondue," "Argonian Swamp Shrimp Boil" and "Orsimer Venison. The heroes who dare take up the path are in for a life of travel, which means experimenting with the culinary offerings from numerous imaginary races and planes of existence.

Inspired by our favourite on-screen realms, these books contain recipes of everything our characters gobbled down for health, chugged back for power, or whipped up for money. So, if you are ready to delve deeper into the gaming cuisine, these 15 video game cookbooks will provide you with real-life renditions of your beloved virtual bites.

Inspired by Bungie's hit video game series, Destiny: The Official Cookbook is a must-have for every Hunter, Titan, or Warlock that has ever travelled through the game's futuristic universe.

The video game cookbook follows Eva Levante, friend, confidant, and official outfitter for all Guardians, as she documents their adventures and recipes from across the solar system. From main dishes to desserts, the recipes she compiles are absolutely delicious - although some of them are more on the complex side. So, prepare to be challenged! The book's upbeat photos will also invite you to turn page after page for more cooking inspo and tidbits of Destiny's lore.

Inspired by Bethesda's role-playing video game series, The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook is a must-own for every gamer that has ever set virtual foot in the continent of Tamriel. Each recipe comes with a short description, step-by-step instructions, and a backstory that explains the dish's connection to the world of Nirn. PS: If your version doesn't look like Cassel's, don't worry—the flavours will still hit home with your inner Dragonborn!

Each recipe comes with an amazing, full-colour photo of the dish and a set of simple instructions, which are super-easy to follow. Each recipe comes with a short flavour text that explains the link between the dish and the game's mythology.

And yes, some may argue that this is a stretch of a cookbook as food doesn't appear often in-game. But, author Chelsea Monroe-Cassel ties the recipes to the game's lore seamlessly, making the book a worthwhile collectible for every Overwatch gamer. However, you can find scribbles of a wasteland traveller written all over it, which add a dystopian touch to the mix. Each recipe comes with a difficulty indicator and a pairing suggestion for maximum flavour. Most ingredients are accessible and easily replaceable.

So, even if you find yourself lacking some, you can readily switch to the next best thing. The video game cookbook features 80 recipes, which explore the cultural differences between the game's races, from humans to orcs. Each recipe calls for basic ingredients and most of them are quite easy to make despite their intricate looks.

The photos in the book are also exceptional and each dish's backdrop is heavily influenced by the cuisine it's plucked from i. A lot of video games out there have food for the player to find. Some are there just for aesthetics and some give minor stat buffs. Some games even have an entire cooking mechanic, which often takes the place of potions and such.

It stands to reason that due to the foods in games being around, that sometimes a player wants to make it in the real world. Some of these games have realized that they have some potential to inspire some good real-life food and they have released official cookbooks for these popular games. So while waiting for the new Final Fantasy XIV cookbook to come out later this year, consider checking out some other gaming cookbooks.

World of Warcraft just added another book to its official cookbook collection with New Flavors of Azeroth. They know full well that their MMORPG is full of gorgeous, delicious-looking food and they are all set and ready to capitalize upon that. Most of the recipes in the book actually are just as delicious as they are to look at.

Not everything is strictly in-game, but instead, some take heavy inspiration from the game to make something that looks like it would exist or uses real-world ingredients in place of the fantastical.

Street Fighter is a classic fighting game franchise that is iconic in the industry. It's not much of a logical leap to link street fighting with street food either, so it's not weird that they also have an official cookbook. This book is full of different foods that could be found on a street vendor's cart somewhere, making for a lot of tasty treats that are generally pretty easy to put together.